Chapter two hundred and eighteen who is the inner responder three
"Boy, do you still want to cheat? Do you want to be captured without mercy? Or do you want me to take action?" Shen Yan of Liumai did not take He Qizhou seriously. The apprentice of escort master Yu took the sword three points closer, and his eyes seemed to be able to spurt out. Fire is coming.
"Okay, actually I also agree with your judgment that there is an internal agent. As for how to find out this internal agent, I originally wanted to talk to you privately. Since everyone is here, it doesn't matter much, so I will just put my own thoughts on it. Tell me about it." He Qizhou said confidently.
"Okay, there's no rush at this moment, let's just listen to what you have to say." Shen Yan said.
"If you were in a room on the second floor and wanted to go to the platform on the third floor, how would you normally act?" He Qizhou asked.
"Of course, stand on the window sill and you can reach the edge of the platform with one hand." Shen Yan said.
"Is it very windy and sandy here? Is there any dust accumulated on the windowsill?" He Qizhou asked.
"Of course!" Shen Yan suddenly realized that if he wanted to get on the platform, there must be footprints on the window sill, so he immediately said without waiting for He Qizhou's reminder: "Watch them all! Guard Bai, let's check the east and west rooms. house!"
"Okay!" Guard Bai walked towards the west room.
"Wait a minute, let's go into the house together so we can have a witness." Shen Yan said.
"Can I go take a look?" He Qizhou asked, squinting and seeing that the faces of the four people living upstairs seemed to have changed.
"Okay, you go in front of me!" Shen Yan was also worried that the people downstairs would not be able to see He Qizhou.
The three of them went upstairs one after another and entered the west room. The wooden windows opposite the inner room were closed tightly, and the window bolts were placed across the two windows. The white guard opened the window bolts and pushed open the window. A cool breeze carried the dust and blew violently. When I came in, under the light, three footprints were clearly visible on the window sill!
"You stepped up with two feet. Come back and come in with one foot. Do you still want to look at the east room?" White Guard said in a low voice.
Shen Yan glanced at He Qizhou and thought to himself that he might have thought wrong, but for a moment he couldn't figure out why these two people grasped the timing so accurately. The three of them calmly went to the west room again and opened the window as well. , there were no footprints. Before leaving, He Qizhou intentionally touched the window sill and advised: "Why don't you go to the middle room and have a look too."
Shen Yan nodded in agreement, the middle room was closed, and Fang Ting sat cross-legged with his sword in the outer room.
Hearing someone calling the door, it took a while before Han Rui wrapped herself in a cloak and opened the small door of the back room, saying, "Mom has changed her clothes and it's inconvenient to get up in the tent. Please forgive me."
"It's us who disturbed you," Shen Yan said.
The window hinges in the back room had been damaged, and the two windows were picked up from the north courtyard and simply pressed into the window frames and held up by flower stands.
After moving the flower stand and closing the window, due to the many people coming in and out, it was no longer possible to distinguish the number of footprints on the window sill. There were also many handprints on the window sill that had been placed on it in order to jump back out of the window, which were also blurred.
Shen Yan had the answer in his mind again, and asked Guard Bai to continue to guard the outside with Fang Ting. He took He Qizhou downstairs, faced the father and son in the west room, and asked, "Tell me, why are there three footprints on your window sill?"
The Yu family and his son had long expected this question, so Yu Li said:
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it. We actually heard the footsteps on the rooftop a long time ago in the house. We thought there must be a soldier on duty. Because we thought that the soldier might also encounter something unexpected, we stepped on the window sill and climbed up to take a look. I took a quick look and saw that the soldier was bleeding all over the ground. He was already hopeless. At this time, there was a noise on the stairs on the west wall. I was afraid that I would be misunderstood, so I let go and returned the same way. At that time, I tapped the window sill with my left foot, so I stayed there. Next three footprints."
"Well, that's a good story. If you care so much, why don't you rush out immediately to chase the murderer?" Shen Yan asked again.
"Well... we are not a criminal arrester, and we are not the opponent of the murderer. Why should we pursue him?" said the old man Yu Qun.
Shen Yan did not immediately attack, but instead asked the Chen brothers: "Have you ever been to the rooftop?"
They both waved their hands at the same time and said they had never been there.
"Did you hear that? There are no footprints on their window sill..." Shen Yan turned around and continued to attack Yu and his son, but when he turned halfway, he suddenly turned back and attacked with flying fingers. Chen brothers.
The Chen brothers were far from being a match for Shen Yan. They were caught off guard and both of them were hit on several key points. They fell from their chairs almost at the same time. Chen Jian shouted: "Master Shen, are you crazy? "
This sudden turn of events shocked most people. Even Bai Weiwei and Fang Ting on the second floor ran out to the corridor to see what was going on.
Shen Yan waved his hand to the two of them not to worry, and ignored Chen Jian's questions, but turned to the Yus and his son and said, "Can you tell me your true identities now? Otherwise, I will still treat you two as their accomplices!"
Yu Qun pondered for a moment, then said: "We are indeed from the Zhang family, and we were ordered to explore the road for Mrs. Han. Starting from the Daqin Inn in Yongzhou, we checked in advance the inns where the convoy might stay and the dangerous places along the way. We found You're almost there, so we'll go check out the next place to stay.
We came here from Bailiyi the night before yesterday and found that the brothers had been staying for two days. We were a little worried, so we stayed there too. We originally thought there was nothing wrong with the defense arranged by the white guards, but we still underestimated their abilities.
I have determined that the two of them are internal agents from the beginning, but unfortunately there is no evidence. Now that Mr. Shen has determined that they are responsible, please find out the whereabouts of the assassin as soon as possible. There are still more than three hundred miles ahead, so we must be on guard. .”
Shen Yan looked at Guard Bai on the second floor, who nodded and said, "We did stay at the Daqin Inn in Yongcheng."
Shen Yan said: "That's right. Yesterday we lived in Bailiyi. Chen Kang and Chen Jian are probably pseudonyms, right? If you want to suffer less, I advise you to confess the main culprit as soon as possible. !”
"Sir, we were wronged! Why do you think we are the murderers?" The two brothers shouted wildly.
"Okay, then explain to me why your room is so dirty, but the windowsill is almost spotless?"
"Well... maybe it's because of the strong wind, which has blown away the dust." Chen Kang said.
"Oh? There is a thick layer of dust on the windowsills of the three rooms. The wind blew in your room? If you were not worried about failure and wiped off the footprints afterwards, how could there be no dust? You are so clever that you are clever. Wrong, I just asked you if you have been to the rooftop. If you and Mr. Yu make up the same reason, I really can’t judge. But you have obviously been on the rooftop, but you have to lie. It was not you, who else could it be?" Shen Yan shouted sharply.
"Could someone have done something dirty? Wiped away the dust on the window sill of our room? I have never wiped the window sill!" Chen Jian was still trying to defend himself.
Fang Ting from the second floor suddenly interjected: "Sir, maybe this is really possible."
Shen Yan said: "Fart! The two of them have never come out! After they came out, only me, Bai Guard, and Zhou Qi went in. Could it be that I wiped it? It's okay not to say it. I haven't used Wuchasi's methods for a long time recently. , you just let me relieve my itch."
"Master Shen!" Mrs. Han's voice came from upstairs.
Mrs. Han, who had taken off her veil, was in her forties and looked gentle and charming. She was wearing a purple cloak. With the support of her daughter, she walked to the corridor on the second floor. She held her hands on the railing and said excitedly:
"So many people have died for me along the way, and my uncle also died trying to save me. You must find the real culprit! As long as someone can help us, we, mother and daughter, will not hesitate to pay any price! I believe that Those who want to harm me, even if they can escape for a while, will be killed in the future!"
Han Rui on the side also nodded her head happily, while Fang Ting seemed to have forgotten to speak and was only looking at the mother and daughter.
When Shen Yan heard this, he was quite excited and said: "It is the duty of a lower official to hunt down criminals and bandits. Madam, you are exaggerating."
Bai Huwei said: "If I catch the mastermind who killed my mistress and brother, Bai will definitely kill him with a thousand knives!"
Mrs. Han wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said: "It's all up to you two adults. My injury may prevent everyone from staying here for a few more days. Mr. Shen, please pay attention to rest. It's all up to you to be wary of that assassin." Got it!"
Shen Yan said with a smile: "Madam, if you care about me, it depends on whether these two guys will let me sleep!" After saying that, he looked at the Chen brothers on the ground ferociously.
The eldest brother Chen Kang suddenly said: "Sir, I recruited him. It was all my doing. It has nothing to do with my brother. Please spare his life!"
Chen Jian also said: "One person does the work and the other takes responsibility. I am the pinnacle of the fourth lineage, and my eldest brother is only the third lineage. He has no ability to kill people quietly. I went to the rooftop to do it, and then sneaked to the north wall to kill that person." As a soldier facing north, I even changed my clothes, and I hid the bloody clothes behind the wardrobe. I told you, please spare my brother!"
Shen Yan said: "Who is the assassin and how to contact him? If you really want to survive, stop playing tricks!"
Chen Jiandao: "Okay, I said, I said, we were sent here by the boss. This afternoon, he said that a team of officers and soldiers would escort the two women over. He ordered me to find a way to kill the guard guarding him and let him in for assassination. , I have no idea who he wants to assassinate!"
"How did you decide the time to take action? How did you notify the boss to come in for the assassination?" Shen Yan asked the key point.
"I, I just thought that everyone outside had entered the house, so I decided to take action. The boss also gave the order. Maybe he can see far and rush over as soon as I succeed!"
"Where is your lair? Are you a spy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty?"
"Conscience of heaven and earth, we are all citizens of Daqi. I have never seen the true face of the boss.
We lost our lives to him three months ago. We couldn't beat him again and again. We could only listen to his orders and find out information for him along the way. Every time we met, he sent people to find us, either here or It's a glass shop in Ganzhou City.
Moreover, he himself often changes his appearance, or even hides his face. All I know is that he is not tall, has great dexterity skills, and knows the art of disguise. Sir, I know that I am bound to die, so I beg you to let my brother go."
"Brother, stop talking, just pretend that you lost your life last time." Chen Kang cried.